Great Blogs to Follow

If you're not signed up for a Google Reader Account (or using some other RSS reader) you are missing out on a ton of great reading from other experts around the country. I have a Google Reader Account but also use FeedDemon so that I don't have to logon to the internet everytime I want to read my blogs (it can run in the background). It does sync with Google Reader, though, which is a great feature.

I spend maybe 20-30 minutes a day skimming through my feeds and find something to send out to my staff at least four times a week. But more than that I find it's a great way to keep current on lots of stuff that's going on. Below are some of my favorites - and if you follow any not listed below, please let me know so I can add them to my list!

(okay, now that I've typed them up this seems like a long list, but trust me - once you start using Google Reader (or something similar), it doesn't take long at all to skim them all)

Leadership Oriented
John Maxwell on Leadership - Not education oriented, but Maxwell has great insight's into leadership
EdWeek's LeaderTalk

School Finance 101
21st Century Principal - Great for Technology from an administrative perspective
The School Principal Blog

Education Research
EdWeek's Inside Research
McREL's Research
Practical Theory
The Quick & The Ed

Technology
Classroom 2.0
Dangerously Irrelevant (Perhaps the BEST one on here)
Free Technology for Teachers (My personal favorite, behind the previous)
Mind Dump
The Fishbowl
Transparent Learning

Law, Policy, & Special Education
Developments in Special Education Law (a must read)
Education Law
Education Policy
EdWeek's K-12 Policy Blog
School Security
Special Education Law
Stories from School: Policy Meets Practice
Edjurist
EdWeek's School Law Blog

General Teaching Oriented
A Passion for Teaching
Angela Maeirs Educational Services (a VERY good read)
ASCD Inservice
Educational Leadership Magazine
So You Want to Teach? (I don't always agree with him, but he raises some good points at times)
Successful Teaching (recently had a FANTASTIC one about how teacher attitudes)
TeachPaperless
ASCD's Whole Child Initiative